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Jan. 15, 2009

Will Obama's Handlers Force Him to Hold the Phone?

Since Obama's addiction to his Blackberry apparently kept him grounded during a chaotic presidential campaign, why make him give it up now, asks Peter Scheer. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Peter Scheer

Barack Obama, so far as we know, has two addictions: cigarettes and his Blackberry cell phone. While his wife leans on him to give up the cigarettes, his staff aides have been insisting he retire the cell phone.

Obama during the presidential campaign was visibly tethered to his Blackberry, its text and e-mail functions allowing him to receive news and advice unfiltered by political handlers (much to their frus...

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